#cinematicdesign

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#sammichlap #cinematicdesign #filmdesign #pleinair #painting #color #design #artcenter #accd #artschool #conceptart #artlessons Week 7 HW of my painting 1 class at ACCD! The video shows last week’s Homework- using the Richard Schmid color chart system of mixing one color into every other color I asked the class to give 2 alts for each color harmony that results from each cross mixture. Each student did 24 frames- I think the class total thus far is close to 4K frames produced by 17 amazing students! The still shots feature a couple of weeks work collected for an upcoming ACCD display. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuiQsPAgADs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4gxoiprb7vki

Serenity a quiet journey through nature. I designed a cinematic thumbnail using top-view imagery, bold typography, and subtle color contrast to convey calmness and a sense of peaceful travel in Photoshop.

In A Quiet Place, silence becomes the design constraint that builds an entirely new language of fear. By removing dialogue, the film heightened audience awareness and empathy. This tangible limitation of no sound led to an intangible result as deeper emotional tension and human connection. It shows that sometimes the best way to innovate is to take something away. Like McQueen’s boots, this film proves design can thrive in what’s missing.

I got pulled in the last few months of production to help with lighting cutscenes and additional locations on Just Cause 3.

Most of my years at Avalanche was spent in the wasteland working on Mad Max. I was responsible with setting up the cinematic pipeline and making sure everything was in place and rolled as it should. It was a lot to keep track of with the open world, day/night cycle and character upgrades.

As Scene Director I was responsible with blocking, scripting and lighting on a lot of the scenes of this mini series produced by Warner and Halcyon.

Because of my background in television and storytelling it was a perfect fit for me when a Level Designer was needed to aid the Cinematic Department at Grin. I did a lot of staging and lighting of cutscenes and trailers for Terminator Salvation.